Hiroki Kuroda could make his first regular season start on March 29 against Yakult at Mazda Stadium. Source: Sponichi 2/20/2015 ...The addition of Kuroda could have a positive economic impact of about 5.2 billion yen. Source: Nikkan Sports 2/20/2015 ... Kuroda's first pre-season game could come on March 8 against Yakult. Source: Sports Hochi 2/20/2015

Yokohama Bay Stars

Ni-gun camp had the day off on Friday.

The Gunma Diamond Pegasus announced that they signed former Yokohama Bay Star Kazumasa Kikuchi (32) as a player/pitching coach. Kikuchi attended a tryout with Nippon Ham earlier this month, but failed to make the cut. Source: official announcement